c. 1758
24.3 x 16.5 cm (9 9/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, by descent?; to his heirs. Georges Huot, his great-grandson, sold; to George S. Hellman, New York, sold [through Kende Galleries, New York, April 10, 1952, lot 75]. Ira Spanierman. Martin Reymert and Gerald Norman, New York and London, sold; to Fogg Art Musuem, 1968
Red chalk over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash over black crayon on cream antique laid paper, mounted on beige modern laid paper with folio 12a (possibly same paper as album sheets)
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and graphite on cream antique laid paper.
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown wash with traces of white chalk on toned cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink, laid down on light tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchPen with black and brown ink, gray wash, watercolor, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on blue paper faded to tan
18th-19th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash, watercolor and white gouache over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk counterproof, with red chalk additions, on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, two tones of gray wash, and traces of white gouache on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink; verso: black ink and gray wash
17th-18th centuryFrench